PDA Weekly Field Report - 10/5 - 10/11
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PDA is NOT Shut Down!
Dear friend,
Educate Congress Letter
Drop Campaign:
We can proudly say that we currently stand at over 150
letter drops for next Wednesday's Educate Congress Letter
Drop campaign. In August we set a record of 236 – can we do
it again this month? We will again work to move our progressive agenda forward by
demanding that Congress get back to work, and that there be
no grand bargain. We will also add our legislative asks.
You can view this month's letter that will be delivered to
Congressional and DC offices here.
Listen to our planning call here.
Progressive Round Table:
Thanks to all of you who tuned in to watch the live stream
of the Progressive Round Table on Wednesday. View the full
meeting which featured Reps. Mark Pocan (WI) and Jim
McGovern (MA) here.
Tim appeared on Thom Hartmann after the Round Table.
You can view it here.
Carl Sciortino Campaign:
Reminder: the Primary for Massachusetts 5th district open
seat is this Tuesday. Our nationally endorsed candidate Carl
Sciortino needs us to help him over the finish line.
Contact Mike Fox here
to get active in his campaign!
Take Action!
PDA members who called and e-mailed Congress to prevent U.S.
missile strikes against Syria woke the sleeping giant of
democracy in America and won a historic victory for peace
and humanity over war and militarism. As we keep pushing
for a ceasefire, a peaceful political transition and
humanitarian aid to Syria, we can also seize the initiative
to demand new diplomacy to end sanctions and normalize
relations with Iran. Please use this PDA Action
Alert to ask the President to engage in serious,
good-faith diplomacy with Iran, and ask members of Congress
to co-sponsor Barbara Lee's bill, HR 783, to prevent
war through diplomacy with Iran.
Healthcare NOW! Conference:
Thank you to Tim Carpenter, Donna Smith, Kurt
Bateman and Dr. Bill Honigman for representing
PDA at the annual Healthcare NOW! Conference in
Nashville, TN to strategize on how to continue to move
single payer forward. Thank you to those of you who helped
offset some of their expenses. View the ad that we have in
the program here and see photos here.
Issue Teams:
This week the End War and Occupations team heard
from Steve Cobble, PDA's own co-founder and
Political Director, who spoke about the political and policy
situation we are now left with regarding Syria, and what
that means for activists moving forward. You can listen to
the call here. Also, you can visit the team's
page here to get the latest news, or
contact them here if you would
like to know more.
Calls this week:
On Monday we will have our End Mass Criminalization
issue team call. RSVP here.
On Tuesday we will have our Healthcare for All/Single
Payer issue team call. RSVP here.
On Wednesday we will have our Stop Global
Warming/Environmental Issues call. RSVP here.
Blog Talk Radio:
Here's the full list of all
our BlogTalk radio shows here.
Upcoming Events
On October 19, the Global Frackdown will unite concerned citizens around the globe to tell elected officials that we want a future lit by clean, renewable energy; not dirty, polluting fossil fuels. The journey to a renewable energy future will not be fueled by shale gas. Take a stand against fracking - find an event near you and join the Frackdown!
John
Nichols and Robert
McCheseny will join members in Los Angeles for a
discussion on Dollarocracy on October 20.
They will be joined by Tom Hayden, Mimi Kennedy
and Tim Carpenter in Orange County, CA for a special
event on October 21.
Read:
- Read the newsletter from our good friends at CCDS titled GOP in Turmoil as the Banksters Hit the Brakes.
- Pentagon Begins To Make
Peace With Sequestration; QDR Eyed As A Tool
Spot the Healthcare Activists!
Participants from last
weekend's Healthcare NOW! Conference in Nashville, TN
In
solidarity,
Conor Boylan, PDA Deputy Director
Andrea Miller, PDA Deputy Field Director
Tim Carpenter, PDA National Director
Judy Hess, PDA National Field Coordinator
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